Acting

Jack Lemmon

Born 1925-02-08 · Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Died 2001-06-27

John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (for which he won 'Best Actor' at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival), Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men.

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The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Marilyn at the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Hollywood Invasion
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
as Self
2009
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon
as Self (archive footage)
2007
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
as Self (archive footage)
2006
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2005
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
as Self (archive footage)
2004
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
as Self
2004
Christmas from Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Un film et son époque
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
as Self
2001
On Cukor
as Self
2000
The Legend of Bagger Vance
as Narrator (voice)
2000
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Altman on His Own Terms
as Self
2000
Tuesdays with Morrie
as Morrie Schwartz
1999
Inherit the Wind
as Henry Drummond
1999
Forever Hollywood
as Self
1999
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
as Self
1998
The Odd Couple II
as Felix Ungar
1998
Puppies for Sale
1998
The Long Way Home
as Tom Gerrin
1998
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
as Self
1998
12 Angry Men
as Juror 8
1997
Out to Sea
as Herb
1997
Scene by Scene
as Self
1997
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
as Self
1997
Hamlet
as Marcellus
1996
My Fellow Americans
as President Russell P. Kramer
1996
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
as Self
1996
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as Self
1996
The Grass Harp
as Dr. Morris Ritz
1996
A Weekend in the Country
as Bud Bailey
1996
A Weekend in the Country
Executive Producer
1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self
1996
Getting Away with Murder
as Mueller / Luger
1996
Grumpier Old Men
as John Gustafson
1995
Inside the Dream Factory
as Self
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
Grumpy Old Men
as John Gustafson
1993
A Life in the Theatre
as Robert
1993
Short Cuts
as Paul Finnigan
1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
as Self
1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self
1993
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
Glengarry Glen Ross
as Shelley Levene
1992
The Marilyn Files
as self
1992
James Cagney: Top of the World
as Self
1992
The Player
as Jack Lemmon
1992
For Richer, for Poorer
as Aram Katourian
1992
JFK
as Jack Martin
1991
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
Thanks
1991
The One, the Only... Groucho
as Self
1991
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
as Self - Host
1990
The Earth Day Special
as Coach Stewart
1990
The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1990
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
as Self
1990
The Simpsons
as Frank Ormand (voice)
1989
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
as Self
1989
Dad
as Jake Tremont
1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self
1988
The Murder of Mary Phagan
as Gov. John Slaton
1988
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as James Tyrone
1987
The Best of Max Headroom
as Self
1987
That's Life!
as Harvey Fairchild
1986
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self
1986
Debonair Dancers
as Narrator
1986
Macaroni
as Robert Traven
1985
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
as Self
1985
The Max Headroom Show
as Self
1985
Mass Appeal
as Father Tim Farley
1984
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
as Self
1982